Apparel-corset.



D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED DBO.6, 1912.

Patented Sept.9,1913.

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I/VEIVTOR LULUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0. WASHINGTON, D. c

v D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED DBG.6, 1912.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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INVENTOR WITNESSES #8 more COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON. D c.

UNITED :s'rarns PATENT )FFICE.

DANIEL KOPS, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPAREL-consul.

maeea 1 0 all whom it may concern:

Specification of Letters;Patent.

Be it knownthatl, DanmLKorsa citizen of the-United States residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and S t ate of. ew York, have invented an Improvement; in Apparel Corsets, of which the following :is a specification.

My present invention relatesto that classi (of apparel corsets which have skirt extenjsioris below the customary fabric ,hal vesofl the .corset body proper, and particularlyto? the construction .of .the front Iparts ofthe skirt extensions -andthe parts associated .therewith for the purposepf controlling. or i upper .portions 1 of the reshaping the fleshy .limbs of the wvearer'.

.There is a tendency, in theuseof corsets i :having skirt extensions, to force; the fleshy gportions of the :hips and abdomen clown- -wardly tothe upper portions of thelimbs, sometimes producingwa roll of flesh at-the lower edge of the corset skirt. This, ob-

viously, isundesirable, not only becauseof -,the-discomfort caused the wearer, but alsof :becauseit .is noticeable and unsightly, .par-g iticularly so when a tight-fittingagown is? The object 0f my ,present. invention therefore to confine the fleshy upper por- =tions of the limbs and-prevent the same from protruding beyond the confines of the corset, the same purpose being sought and the re-' sultsleffected as with the. corset construction ,shownand describedin my oo-pending ap- .plication, Serial No. 700,936, filed June 1,.

1912. p In the corset constructed in accordance with my presentinvention, Lprovide at the front thereof and below thesteels and bon ing, skirt portions extending toward the front steels and havinghose supportersconnected thereto and extending therefrom, and

inline therewith, adapted to be attached to the hose at the inner sideportions of the limbs. p-I alsoprovide flaps overlying the said skirtportionsand extending away from the front steels, and these parts are also.

provided with hose supporters connected thereto and extending therefrom and in line therewith, these hose supporters being adapted to be attached. to the hose at the outer side'portions of the limbs, andeach of the .saidskirt portions,-.with itsoverlying flap,

PatentedSept. 9,1913.

Application filed December 6, 1912. .Serial No. 735,182.

being adapted to slide,.the one over the other,

.to adjust themselves in various positions,

depending upon the tension applied thereto from the hose through the said hose supporters.

.lnastanding position, when the greatest 4 tensionis appliedtothepart of the corset forming my present invention,.the flaps are pulled over .the skirt extensions to their greatest extent, whereas when in a sitting position, .whenthe tension of .the'hose supporter-sis somewhat relieved, the saidskirt extenslons and flaps slide, one upon \the other, and adjust themselves to various positions,.depending upon the tension applied thereto :from the hose supporters and the pressure exerted againstthern by theflesh of the wearer.

In thedrawing, Figure 1 is a front elevationof a corset in which my present inven tionisembodied. Fig. 2 isa similar View of the front portionof a fabric half of a corset illustrating a rmodified form of the invention, and Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a further modification of the invention.

Referring to the drawing and particularly to Fig. 1, 10 and 11 indicate the fabric halves of a corset body, which, as is customary, are

provided in front with steels 12 and hooks and eyes .13, by which the halves of the corset may be connected whenin use. The fabric half .10 is provided with a skirt 1'4: and

the fabric half 11 with the skirt 15. At the front portion of the corset, the skirt 14 is cut away and extended, forming the member of the right limb. Similarly the skirt extension 17 is provided with a hose supporter 19 which is. adapted to be secured to thehose at the. inner side portion of-the left limb.

Together withthe parts hereinbefore. described, I also employ flaps, indicated at and 21. vThe flap 20 is secured to the fabric half 10 ofthe corset along a line indicated at 22, which is substantially parallel to the corset steel and the line of attachment extends substantially from a point indicated at 23 to a point indicated at 24.

This flap 20 is so constructed that when attached to the corset it extends at a predetermined angle away from the corset steels and overlies the skirt extension 16. This flap 20 is provided with a hose supporter 30 connected to the lower end thereof, and extending therefrom in a line with the flap, being adapted to be connected to the hose at the outer side portion of the right limb. Similarly the flap 21 is secured to the fabric half 11 along the line indicated at 25, which extends from a point indicated at 26 and a point indicated at 27. This lap 21 is provided with a hose supporter 31connected to the end thereof and extending therefrom in a line therewith, be-

. ing adapted to be secured to the hose at the outer side portion of the left limb, the flap 21, like the flap 20, extending in a line away from the corset steels and overlying the skirt extension 17. The angles at which the flaps 20 and 21 extend away from the corset steels is also dependent upon the stoutness of the wearer for whom the cor set is designed, and these flaps 20 and 21 may be provided with eyelets 28 and the front portions of the fabric halves of the corset with books 29, by which the free ends of the flaps may be secured in position to the fabric halves in the corset body.

From the foregoing descriptiomit will be seen that the hose supporters 18 and 30 are adapted to engage the hose respectively at the inner side and outer side portions of the right limb, and the hose supporters 19 and 31 to engage the hose respectively at the inner side and outer side portions of the left limb, and as will be apparent, when in a standing position of the wearer, these parts will assume, under the maximum tension to which they are subjected, the positions as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, whereas in a sitting position, or in intermediate positions, when the tension of the hose supporters is more or less relieved, the pressure exerted against these parts by the flesh of the body will cause the skirt extensions and flaps to slide, the one over the other, and to adjust themselves to a position depending upon the tension applied thereto and the pressure exerted against them by the body of the wearer.

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the skirt extension 16 and the hose supporter 18 connected thereto, are in all respects identical with the same parts as hereinbefore described in connection with Fig. 1. The flap, which in this figurejis shown in indicated at 32, however, while of the same general configuration as the flap 20, may be connected to the corset body 10 along a plurality of lines; for example, the flap 32 is connected to the corset body along the lines 34, 35 and 36, which extend between the points 37, 38, 39 and 40.;The flap 32 has connected thereto a hose supporter 48, which is similar in all respects to the hose supporter 30, connected to'the flap 20, and the functions performed by parts of the corset,

as indicated in Fi 2 are recisel the same as those "heretofore described in connection with the construction shown in F ig. 1, itbeing understood that the other fabric half of the corset is similarly constructed.

Referring to Fig. 3, it will be seen that the flap 33 is constructed similarly" tothe f flap 32, shown in Fig. 2, that is to say, it

is connected to the fabrichalf 11 of the corset alongthe lines 41, 42, and 43, which extend between the points 44, 45, 46, and 47.

In this construction, however, the skirt ex tension 50 is not separated from the lower front portion of the fabric half of the co'rset, but is connected thereto or formed tegral'therewith- In this form of the invention, the hose supporter 51, corresponding to the hose supporters 18 and 19, in the other constructions, is connected tothe skirt extension 50 and extends therefrom in a.

more nearly verticallline but nevertheless is adapted to be attached to the hose at the inner side portion of the left limb of the wearer. Obviously also, the' other fabric half of a corset ofthis construction is the duplicate, with the parts reversed, of that J Fig. 3. r

I claim as my invention:

1. In an apparel corset, a corset body half having a depending skirt, a portion of whichextends toward the front'steel of the corset body half and terminates in an unattached end, a member overlying the said portion and extending away from the front steel of the corset body half, and hose supporter devices connected to and extending from the said portion and overlying-mem-' her and adapted respectively to be attached to the inner side portlon and the outer side portion of the hose on the corresponding limb of the wearer. V

2. In an apparel corset, a corset body half, a skirt depending therefrom, a portion of the said skirt below the front steel and boning extending toward the front steel and terminating in a free end at a point below the lower extremityofthe front steel, a hose supporter connected to and extending from the free end of the said skirt pore tion and adapted to be connected to the hose on the corresponding limb of the wearerat the inner side portion thereof, a flap secured to the corset body half and e xtending away from the front steel thereof Signed by me this 2nd day of December, imd overlying the said skirt portion, and a 1912.

1ose supporter attached to and extending from the lower end of the said flap and DANIEL KOPS' adapted to be connected to the hose on the Witnesses:

same limb of the wearer and at the outer BERTHA M. ALLEN,

side portion thereof. MARIE D. WOHLERS.

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